>>
>> "SordoT"
prolefeed.org> wrote in message
>> news:6rkag6F23s7mU1@mid.individual.net...>>> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:00:37 -0800 (PST), mg
yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>On Dec 25, 3:04 pm, Jim10...@
gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:55:35 -0600, High Miles <2Blue...@
comcast.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>mg wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm sitting here watching the snow fall. It's been coming down
>>>>>>> since
>>>>>>> yesterday evening. I would estimate we've got an accumulated total
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> maybe 15 inches so far this year in my neighborhood. I believe
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> are the biggest snow storms since the early 1980s. When I first got
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> monster snow blower, I used to do the whole neighborhood, including
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> lot of very steep driveways. Now I don't do that anymore. Can you
>>>>>>> guess why? Here's a multiple-choice quiz:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. I'm lazy
>>>>>>> 2. Gas is to expensive
>>>>>>> 3. I'm a sadist
>>>>>>> 4. I don't have the time
>>>>>>> 5. I want to teach people the importance of self-reliance.
>>>>>>> 6. Most of my neighbors are Republicans.
>>>>>>> 7. The possibility of damage to my snowblower.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you guessed number 7, you're right. I've hit about everything
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> can imagine over the years including children's metal toys and
>>>>>>> newspapers. So, now I don't do it anymore. I guess it's true what
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> say: no good deed goes unpunished. When you consider I can do in a
>>>>>>> couple minutes what it might take a person a hour to do by hand,
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> really a shame.
>>>>>
>>>>>>Those were all splendid reasons, and you've clearly been an overly
>>>>>>good
>>>>>>neighbor long enough.
>>>>>>If you break a leg and your snow blower dies next year, will they
>>>>>>rush
>>>>>>to your aid, and clean your drive ?
>>>>>
>>>>>>Dorothy
>>>>>
>>>>> I think at some point one gets burned out. I cut neighbor widow's
>>>>> grass for several years and refused payment. I did not need money and
>>>>> suspected finances may have been issue for her. Also, there were
>>>>> times when I ran out of gas (me - not the mower) by time I go to back
>>>>> yard and I'd put it off till next time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had to get a bigger mower as my little one died with the extra work
>>>>> and bigger one made it much easier.
>>>>>
>>>>> But, finally, I felt like me doing it was expected and I never got
>>>>> much positive feedback. Wife was on my ass all the time I was doing
>>>>> it too as she did not want me overdoing such work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, after about three years, I quit. Her worthless son, who had
>>>>> lived on street for years doing drugs and such could not even pick up
>>>>> the limbs to help which added to my loss of interest. There was bit
>>>>> more to quitting it, but one does not like just being used.
>>>>
>>>>One would think they would bring over some cookies or something once
>>>>in awhile, but they don't. They could get one helluva lot of work out
>>>>of me for a few cookies. For a whole cake or pie, I would probably
>>>>snow blow their yard for a couple of years.
>>>>
>>>>I had a boy once who got divorced, moved back home and I sent him back
>>>>to (technical) school for 2 years and then he stayed a couple years
>>>>after that. In those 4 years, I tried to teach him two things: turn
>>>>off the porch light when you come home at night and bring in the
>>>>newspaper. I never had any luck with either one.
>>>
>>> Sounds like he has a genetic deficiency.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not necessarily, sounds like he wasn't adamant enough about those items.
>
> Which is likely as a result of a genetic deficiency (lack of parental
> spine).
Not always. Some people are almost too nice with their kids. Others are
too mean. It is hard to find the right balance.
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